By Articles, Constructions

I would be grateful if you read the sentence and check my articles (if something else is wrong-i would be grateful for all your comments) India has a network of large and navigable rivers, free from the freezing effects of a severely cold climate. She has also a wealth of forests, abounding...

Mister Micawber and CJ, A related question.I found the following para in a report. Note that the author does not use 'the' before 'tenant demand' and 'new construction', though it is assumed that the reader knows what the author is talking about. Being a non-native...

Hello, mr. Micawber Looks like I have to provide some further explanations. In a traditional text adventure the player enters text commands which are parsed/interpreted by the game's engine, and gets the result in the form a textual description. In the example above the commands were marked...

Maybe one last shot at this: When you take the sentence in isolation, you have to give some weight to the introductory prepositional phrase. But if it's from a news article, as you say, the "shrinking hours and rising food costs" may have already been thoroughly discussed. The...

Hi, It wouldn't be wrong to say 'The start of the construction of a second passenger platform . . .' Perhaps the writer omitted it to avoid the close repetition of the word 'the'. I probably would, too. The meaning still remains clear. Best wishes, Clive

Clive, Thanks. On the same theme, why the following sentnece does not use 'the' before 'construction'? It seems to mee that 'construction' is clearly specified by the of phrase following it. ‘The start of construction of a second passenger platform at Kirby subway...

1. Increased staffing levels to add development capacity was one of the reasons behind the increased G&A expenses. – I find the construction a bit ackward. IMO: Adding developmental capacity by increasing the number of staff was one of the reasons behind the increased G&A .- This...

The list isn't meant to be exhaustive or carefully arranged. Any additions, corrections or further examples would be welcomed. 1 main verbs; lexical verbs (all verbs which are not auxiliaries or modals) 2 action verbs; event verbs; dynamic verbs (a verb which can be used in...

I don't think the words "this is" have anything to do with whether you should use "the" or "a." The only reason I would say "this is a book I just bought" is if I also bought three (random number) other books and I'm showing them off one at a...

Yep, I wouldn't use "a" there, but you could also say "hey guys, this is a book I just bought..." (also: "...this is the book I just bought...") - But I'm afraid it's the "this is" construction that allows me to use the article "a"...